IMPROVING HEALTH AND FITNESS

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IMPROVING HEALTH AND FITNESS

• Components of fitness-
• Starter- explain how skill and health related
  fitness differ.

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Skill and health related fitness

• Skill related fitness components are
  neuromuscular and focus on our ability to perform
  skills
• Whilst health related fitness describes the
  physiological components that help an individual
  cope with everyday life.

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Choose 2 different sports from the list below,
then rate the 10 components of fitness needed

• Gymnastics, diving, rugby, skiing, triathlon,
  boxing, triple jump, snooker.
• 5- very important
• 4- important
• 3- needed
• 2- not important
• 1- not needed

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Activity survey get out your homework!

• For your survey use the information you have been
  given on page 17 to work out how many calories
  you used and your other subject used in a day.
• Choose your rough body weight
• 110lb- 8stone
• 125lb- 9 stone
• 150lb- 11 stone
• 175lb- 13 stone
• 200lb- 14 ½ stone
• Given that your calorie input is approx 1940 for
  women and 2550 for men is your activity level
  healthy or unhealthy?
• Would you put on or lose weight?

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Cardio respiratory fitness / aerobic capacity

• Or stamina is the ability to sustain stressful
  physical exertion for a long period of time
• Depends on-
• Efficient breathing
• Efficiency of blood taking up the O2 in the lungs
• Efficiency of the CV system in transporting O2
  throughout the body
• Questions- what different test can be used?
• What type of training will improve your aerobic
  capacity?
• Place the following sports in order of expected
  VO2Max scores- rower, 200m swimmer, cross
  country skier. 400m runner, 10,000m runner

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Strength

• The ability to overcome a resistance and can
  explosive, static or dynamic.
• Explosive-(or POWER) rapid contraction of muscle
  fibres units to achieve maximum force- sporting
  eg?
• Static - holding a body part in a stationary
  position when it is contracting eg?
• Dynamic- the repeated contraction of the same
  muscle group eg?
• Question- what test could you use?
• What type of training would improve strength?

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Speed

• The rate at which the body is moved from one
  place to another.
• Speed can be your whole body or parts of your
  body- give examples of both
• How might you test speed?
• What is SAQ training? What does it involve?

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Muscular endurance

• Is the repeated contraction and relaxation of a
  muscle group over a prolonged period of time.
• This would involve the performer working at a
  medium to high intensity for approx 5-6 mins.
• Eg?
• How might you test your muscular endurance in
  your arms / stomach muscles?

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Flexibility

• The range of movement possible at a joint.
• Important for al sports as it prevents injuries
  and helps us perform skills more successfully.
• The two types are static and dynamic- give
  examples of each.
• How might you test flexibility?
• How would you improve your flexibility?

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Agility

• The ability to change direction at speed.
• Seen as a combination of speed and coordination.
• Give 3 sporting examples with reasons why it is
  important.
• What is the test used?
• How would you improve agility through
• training?

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Balance

• Is maintaining the bodies equilibrium or
  maintaining your centre of mass over the base of
  support.
• Give examples of static and dynamic balance.
• How would you test balance?

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Coordination

• A balanced and effective interaction of the
  movement or body actions.
• Combines your motor skills and nervous system.
• Give examples of sports when coordination is
  vital.
• How would you build up a childs co-ordination?
• How could you tests this aspect of fitness?

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Reaction time

• The time taken between a stimulus and response.
• In what sports is RT very important?
• It is affected by how quick an individual can
  process information and the speed of conduction
  of the impulse through the nerves.
• It is possible to improve RT through practice.
• How might you test RT?

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Components of fitness

• Starter-
• 5 min test-
• Write the definitions for-
• Cardio respiratory endurance
• Strength
• Speed
• Muscular endurance
• Flexibility
• Power
• Now check these and make corrections

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Effects on health -

• For each of the HRF components use your book to
  write notes on how they affect your health.
• Use your own examples to support your notes.
• HOMEWORK
• Complete your work on effects of health.
• Complete the activity on page 7 questions 1,2 and
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